Test 11 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish o…
So the Pygmies won in the end, didn't they?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Pygmies · What happens: win, not do · To what, where: end
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2054 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pygmies: the Pygmies try to finish off the sleeping Hercules, but he wakes, laughs at their champion, spares them, and leaves» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 won | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Pygmies | det |
| 3 | Pygmies | Pygmy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 4 won | nsubj |
| 4 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 won | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 did | punct |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 won | conj |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 did | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 won | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | the Pygmies | in the end | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in end=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | not do | past | Pygmies = pygmy | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Kinda, they scared him off and he never came back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 4 scared | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kinda | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | scared | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 scared | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 scared | compound:prt |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 came | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 came | nsubj |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 came | advmod |
| 10 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 scared | conj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare off | past | they | him = he | kinda property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | not come back | past | he | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, they sent him packing, never came back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sent | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | obj |
| 6 | packing | pack | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 sent | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 came | advmod |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 packing | ccomp |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | they | him = he | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pack | gerund | they not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not come back | past | they not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Kinda, they scared him off, but he later came back to finish the fight
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 4 scared | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kinda | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 4 | scared | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 scared | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 scared | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 came | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 came | nsubj |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 11 came | advmod |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 scared | conj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 came | advmod |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 finish | mark |
| 14 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 came | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 fight | det |
| 16 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 finish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare off | past | they | him = he | kinda property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | come back | past | he | late property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | finish | to-infinitive | he not said here | the fight | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality fight=Eventuality |
Option 4
Kinda, they chased him off, he never returned
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 4 chased | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kinda | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chased | nsubj |
| 4 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chased | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 chased | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 returned | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 returned | nsubj |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 returned | advmod |
| 10 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chased | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase off | past | they | him = he | kinda property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | not return | past | he | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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